Programmed activities
| Week 1 (Orientation) | |||||
| Day | Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| Monday, 9 –10 am | May 20 | Introduction, overview of the program | Dr. T. Houjeiry
(REU Coordinator) |
HTL Rm 219B | |
| Monday, 10 am – noon | May 20 | Meeting with Mentors | Dr. Pennington & Dr. Garcia | Faculty lounge | |
| Monday, noon – 2 pm | May 20 | Lunch | |||
| Monday, 2:30 pm – 5 pm | Safety Training and NSF-Responsible Conduct of Research Training | ||||
| Monday, 6 – 7 pm | May 20 | Scavenger Hunt | |||
| Tuesday, noon – 1 pm | May 21 | Lunch workshop: Tour to Hunter Labs Facilities | Dr. R. Sachdeva (Chem.) | HTL Rm 219B | |
| Wednesday, 9 – 10 am | May 22 | Research 101 Using library resources | Shelby Carroll (Libraries) | Cooper Library | |
| Friday, noon – 1 pm | May 24 | Lunch workshop: Writing CV and Cover Letter | Dr. Carlos Garcia | HTL Rm 158 | |
| Friday, 4 – 5 pm | May 24 | Students present their research plan.
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REU students | ||
| Week 2 | |||||
| Day | Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| Monday | May 27 | Memorial Day picnic | |||
| Friday, noon – 1:00 pm | May 31 | Lunch workshop: X-Ray Spectroscopy | Dr. C. McMillen (Chem.) | HTL Rm 219B | |
| Week 3 | |||||
| Day | Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| Friday, noon – 1:00 pm | June 7 | Lunch workshop: NMR Spectroscopy | Dr. L. Casabianca (Chem.) | HTL Rm 219B | |
| Week 4 | |||||
| Day | Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| Friday, 8:30 am to 9:30 am | June 14 | NSF- Graduate Research Fellowship Program | Dr. H. Sanabria (Physics)
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| Friday, noon – 1 pm | June 14 | Lunch workshop: Good Writing Makes Good Impressions | Dr. C. Bushnell (English) | ||
| Week 5 | |||||
| Day | Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| Friday, noon – 1:00 pm | June 21 | Lunch workshop: Identifying Bias in STEM
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Dr. J. Brumaghim (Chem.) | ||
| Week 6 | |||||
| Day | Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| Friday, noon – 1:00 pm | June 29 | Lunch workshop: Mass Spectrometry | Dr. C. Chouinard (Chem.)
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| Friday, 4 – 6 pm | June 29 | Students present their midterm research results. | REU students | ||
| Week 7 | |||||
| Day | Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| Week 8 | |||||
| Day | Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| Saturday, all day | July 13 | Whitewater rafting trip | |||
| Week 9 | |||||
| Day | Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| Tuesday, noon – 1 pm | July 16 | Preparing a Productive Poster | Dr. B. Pennington (Chem.) | ||
| Week 10 | |||||
| Day | Date | Topic | Speaker | Location | Notes |
| Tuesday | July 23 | Grad Fair | |||
| Friday, all day | July 26 | REU Symposium, Program Evaluation, Exit Interviews | REU students | Watt Center | |